HONG KONG (NYTIMES) - China and its allies are using threats and pressure to get business to back Beijing's increasingly hard-line stance toward Hong Kong, leading companies to muzzle or intimidate workers who speak out in protest.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG - China and its allies are using threats and pressure to get business to back Beijing's increasingly hard-line stance toward Hong Kong, leading companies to muzzle or intimidate workers who speak out in protest.
"Such behaviour by a supervisor to compel employees to take political sides could be considered abusive," the union wrote in letters to local officials. Protests erupted last year after Hong Kong's unpopular Beijing-backed government tried to give Chinese authorities more say in the city's affairs. As it has pressured business to take its side, China has used access to its vast market as an incentive to toe the Communist Party line.
Ng was punished by his former employer for writing his political views on his Facebook page, using the phrase"monkey see, monkey do" to complain about pro-Chinese demonstrators. The comments, which were later taken down, were heavily criticised in China's state media and on the Chinese internet. BNP apologised and pledged to take immediate action. Ng then left the bank.
Last summer, as violence flared, Law was told not to talk about the role that the political chaos was having on the local economy. It was a difficult proposition. He could see it was having a direct impact. Increasingly, multinationals have found themselves in Beijing's censorship cross hairs. The NBA was thrust into the harsh spotlight last year after the general manager of the Houston Rockets wrote a message on Twitter in support of the Hong Kong protesters. State media acted swiftly in retaliation, canceling the broadcast of preseason games.
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